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Bob Barker celebrates birthday on 'The Price is Right'

By Staff, Associated Press

Posted:
12/12/2013 02:31:27 PM MST

Updated:
12/12/2013 02:31:34 PM MST

This Nov. 5, 2013 photo shows Bob Barker posing on the set of "The Price is Right" with a cake celebrating his 90th birthday at CBS Studios in Los Angeles. The veteran game show host, at the helm of Â The Price is RightÂ from 1972 to 2007, was invited back by current host Drew Carey on Thursday, Dec. 12, to celebrate the milestone birthday. (Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Bob Barker's 90th birthday present is urging one more contestant to “come on down” from the audience on “The Price Is Right.”

The veteran game-show host, at the helm of “The Price Is Right” from 1972 to 2007, was invited back by current host Drew Carey on Thursday to celebrate the milestone birthday.

He moved a little more slowly, and his microphone was a little thicker, but Barker fell right back into the groove. The audience gave him a standing ovation, and he joined with Carey in encouraging viewers to spay or neuter their pets — Barker's longtime cause.

To the reception, Barker said, “You folks appreciate the fact that it has taken me a long time to become 90.”

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